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Assigning Hours Based on Percentage (%)

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9/14/20

When building a template (or assign tasks in a project), it would be very helpful to assign the number of hours to each assigned resource based on a percentage. Think of it as a new "Duration Type." Like "Simple" but where you put in a percentage of hours instead of a fixed number of hours. For example:

Task: Create Drawing

  • Engineer (Task Owner) 40%
  • Engineer 20%
  • Draftsman 25%
  • Intern 15%
  • Duration 5 days


Scenario 1 : Enter 10 planned hours for the task.

Result 1:

  • Engineer (Task Owner) 4 hours
  • Engineer 2 hours
  • Draftsman 2.5 hours
  • Intern 1.5 hours
  • Duration 5 days


Scenario 2: Enter 20 planned hours for the task.

Result 2:

  • Engineer (Task Owner) 8 hours
  • Engineer 4 hours
  • Draftsman 5 hours
  • Intern 3 hours
  • Duration 5 days


To summarize:

  • Percentages are based on the % of planned hours for that task (not allocation of resources, etc.)
  • You can change the hours, duration and percentage distribution independent of one another.
  • The percentages should be persistent (they shouldn't reset to an even distribution if I change the planned hours or duration of the task)